Issue One

LEADS & ADVOCATES CROSSPARTISAN POLITICAL REFORM TO BUILD AN INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY. SEE SCHEDULE O.

SAFEGUARDING DEMOCRACY TOGETHER: PROTECTING ELECTION INTEGRITY, FOSTERING TRUST, AND BUILDING A STRONGER DEMOCRACY COMMUNITYISSUE ONE EDUCATES AND ADVOCATES FOR REFORMS TO PROTECT, BUILD TRUST IN ELECTIONS, AND STRENGTHEN OUR DEMOCRACY, AS DETAILED IN SCHEDULE O. THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE FACES OF DEMOCRACY AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON ELECTION INTEGRITY, WE LEAD CROSSPARTISAN EFFORTS FOR SAFE, SECURE, AND FAIR ELECTIONS, FOCUSING ON PROTECTION AND FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ELECTION WORKERS. ISSUE ONE ALSO INCUBATES PROJECTS, PUBLISHES INFLUENTIAL REPORTS, AND MAINTAINS A STRONG PRESENCE ON CAPITOL HILL AND IN THE MEDIA TO SUPPORT REFORM MEASURES. THROUGH THE FACES OF DEMOCRACY AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON ELECTION INTEGRITY, ISSUE ONE IS LEADING A CROSSPARTISAN EFFORT TO ENSURE ELECTIONS ARE SAFE, SECURE, AND FAIR. THESE PROMINENT AND TRUSTED VOICES INCLUDE CURRENT AND FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS AN ELECTION ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS. THESE PROGRAMS ARE WORKING TO ENHANCE PROTECTIONS FOR ELECTIONS WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ENSURE THEY HAVE CONSISTENT AND PREDICTABLE FEDERAL FUNDING NEEDED TO ADMINISTER ELECTIONS.ISSUE ONE BUILDS THE CAPACITY OF THE DEMOCRACY REFORM FIELD BY INCUBATING NEW AND INNOVATIVE PROJECTS TO ADVANCE OUR MISSION OF ADDRESSING THE STRUCTURAL DYSFUNCTION IN OUR DEMOCRACY AND TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY OF THE PUBLIC TO DO SO. WE PUBLISH GROUNDBREAKING, DEFINITIVE REPORTS. OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE THE CLIMATE FOR THE CHANGES WE BELIEVE IN. WE HAVE A STRONG PRESENCE ON CAPITOL HILL, AS WELL AS IN THE MEDIA, AND PROVIDE EXPERTISE TO GROUPS ADVANCING REFORM MEASURES.

RESHAPING THE DIGITAL INFORMATION LANDSCAPE FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE THROUGH THE COUNCIL FOR RESPONSIBLE SOCIAL MEDIA (CRSM), ISSUE ONE IS WORKING TO UNITE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE FIGHT FOR SOCIAL MEDIA REFORM WITH THE AIM OF CREATING A HEALTHIER DEMOCRACY FOR OUR DIGITAL AGE, AS DETAILED IN SCHEDULE O. THROUGH THE COUNCIL FOR RESPONSIBLE SOCIAL MEDIA, ISSUE ONE IS WORKING TO UNITE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE FIGHT FOR SOCIAL MEDIA REFORM WITH THE AIM OF CREATING A HEALTHIER DEMOCRACY FOR OUR DIGITAL AGE, A MISSION THAT AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM SUPPORT. THE COUNCIL IS THE MOST PROMINENT GROUP OF ITS KIND THAT'S EVER COME TOGETHER TO SPEAK IN ONE VOICE ABOUT THE NEED TO REFORM OUR DIGITAL AND INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT AND WORK WITH CONGRESS TO ADVANCE COMMONSENSE SOLUTIONS TO HOLD TECH COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE.

FOSTERING CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AND BIPARTISAN ENGAGEMENTISSUE ONE EMBRACES A CROSSPARTISAN APPROACH IN OUR WORK; RECOGNIZING THAT NO SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL REFORM HAS PASSED CONGRESS WITHOUT BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN THE LAST 70 YEARS. OUR EFFORTS FOCUS ON EDUCATING AND ENGAGING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON POLICIES AND SOLUTIONS TO RESTORE DEMOCRACY, INCLUDING OUR REFORMERS CAUCUS AND MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES, AS DETAILED IN SCHEDULE O.ISSUE ONE'S REFORMER'S CAUCUS, WHICH IS HALF REPUBLICAN AND HALF DEMOCRATIC, CHAMPIONS THE POLICIES THAT ADDRESS DYSFUNCTION IN CONGRESS - FROM TRANSPARENCY LAWS TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE ENFORCEMENT MEASURES. THESE GROUPS EDUCATE AND ENGAGE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON THE POLICIES AND SOLUTIONS THAT WILL RESTORE OUR DEMOCRACY. ISSUE ONE ALSO LEADS MODERNIZATION EFFORTS THROUGH OUR SUPPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE MODERNIZATION OF CONGRESS WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED AT THE START OF THE 116TH CONGRESS AND MADE PERMANENT IN THE 118TH CONGRESS. THIS RESULTED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MORE THAN 180 BIPARTISAN RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE CONGRESS A MORE FUNCTIONAL, ACCESSIBLE, TRANSPARENT, REPRESENTATIVE, AND TECHNOLOGICALLY ADEPT INSTITUTION. AT THE SAME TIME, WE HOLD ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS BY DEFENDING AND ENSURING THAT THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS REMAINS A STRONG INDEPENDENT WATCHDOG HOLDING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ACCOUNTABLE, ADVOCATING FOR BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION THAT BANS MEMBERS AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS FROM TRADING STOCKS WHILE IN OFFICE, AND WORKING TO REDUCE THE INFLUENCE OF BIG MONEY IN OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM.